Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan after 1906 Piet Mondrian (, , 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is known for being one of the pioneers of 20th-century abstract art, as he changed his artistic direction from figurative painting to an increasingly abstract style, until he reached a point where his artistic vocabulary was reduced to simple geometric elements.
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Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan 7 March 1872 Amersfoort, Netherlands
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1 February 1944 (aged 71) New York City, New York, United States
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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